Saturday, February 04, 2012
Samuel Youd (John Christopher), R. I. P.
Samuel Youd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Samuel Youd (Christopher Samuel Youd, born 16 April 1922, died 3 February 2012) was a British author, best known for his science fiction writings under the pseudonym John Christopher, including the novel The Death of Grass and the young adult oriented novel series The Tripods. He won the Guardian Award in 1971, and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1976.
PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Interesting Books to Your Attention
Folks, this one is a full-out shocker. Trust me. I've read some dark books this year, but nothing quite approaches this one. It'll take you places you might not want to go.Amazon.com: Angel Noir eBook: Fred Zackel: Kindle Store: “Angel Noir” is horror / crime / suspense from the author of THE BLONDE IN THE RED CORVETTE, CREEPIER THAN A WHOREHOUSE KISS, and TIGHT FIT IN A LONG COLD BOX. "You can't kill an angel, fallen or otherwise." What if Angels had free will? What if they had vengeance in their heart? They met one night at the Rowdy Yates Cantina near the California-Nevada stateline. She drank mezcal tequila and played lead guitar in an all-girl hard rock band. He was a serial killer with a baker's dozen under his belt. She could have been just a ditsy, sickly blonde in dreadlocks living alone in a rusty trailer in the Mohave Desert. He prowled the Interstates west of the Rockies giving into his urges and rage. Face to face, eye to eye and belly to belly, they were both dead wrong about each other. "Wrestling with your angel might be another form of foreplay." Intense themes. Intense situations. Language and violence. Not for the squeamish.
Dorothy Gilman, R. I. P.
NYTimes.com: Dorothy Gilman, an espionage writer whose best-known heroine, Mrs. Pollifax, is very likely the only spy in literature to belong simultaneously to the Central Intelligence Agency and the local garden club, died on Thursday at her home in Rye Brook, N.Y. She was 88.
Link via Mystery Fanfare.
PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Interesting Books to Your Attention
I read these stories when they came out, but I grabbed this collection immediately. After all, it's free today only! Amazon.com: HALLAM (Lucas Hallam Mysteries) eBook: L. J. Washburn: Kindle Store: "Hallam", a 10,000 word story is the first appearance of Lucas Hallam, a cowboy who has outlived the days of the old west to become a gun-toting private eye and stuntman in the early days of motion pictures in California. Originally published in The Eye's Have It, 1984.
"Hollywood Flesh", a 7000 word story was published in The Book of all Flesh 2001. It's a good thing Lucas Hallam is a hard-headed old cowboy and doesn't believe in such nonsense as Zombies, or this case might give him nightmares.
"Hollywood Flesh", a 7000 word story was published in The Book of all Flesh 2001. It's a good thing Lucas Hallam is a hard-headed old cowboy and doesn't believe in such nonsense as Zombies, or this case might give him nightmares.
Criminal-E: Free For Two
Criminal-E: Free For Two: Free For Two
These two very fine books are free on Kindle over 4th and 5th Feb.
The Unburied Dead: Amazon UK|Amazon US
Yellow Medicine: Amazon UK|Amazon US
These two very fine books are free on Kindle over 4th and 5th Feb.
The Unburied Dead: Amazon UK|Amazon US
Yellow Medicine: Amazon UK|Amazon US
Texas Led the Way
Frito Pie and the Chip Technology that Changed the World: Fritos got their start in Texas with the “Tom Edison of snack food.”
The Nazca Lines
Nazca LinesOnce upon a time, Judy and I went to Peru, and one of the highlights for me was seeing these lines. I'd read about them for most of my life, but I never thought I'd see them. It was a big event for me. Here's a photo of the little plane we flew in to see them, along with one of my photos of the lines. The shots in the article at the link are better.
Rare Japanese Photobooks
AbeBooks: Rare Japanese Photobooks: The works of prominent Japanese photographers from the past 50 years are now highly collectible. Connoisseurs of photobooks have become familiar with names like Eikoh Hosoe, Kikuji Kawada, and particularly Nobuyoshi Araki and Daido Moriyama.
Araki has been prolific over the decades but critics have accused him of veering into pornography. Lady Gaga was one of his more recent subjects. AbeBooks has sold more than 20 of his photobooks for prices in excess of $500.
Araki has been prolific over the decades but critics have accused him of veering into pornography. Lady Gaga was one of his more recent subjects. AbeBooks has sold more than 20 of his photobooks for prices in excess of $500.
Zalman King, R. I. P.
CNN.com: Zalman King, a onetime actor who went on to produce and direct numerous films including "Wild Orchid," died Friday after a lengthy battle with cancer, his son-in-law said.
Ben Gazzara, R. I. P.
Actor Ben Gazzara dies at 81: Ben Gazzara, who often portrayed tough or difficult characters on stage and screen during his 50-year career, died this afternoon, The New York Times is reporting. He was 81.
Friday, February 03, 2012
Millennium Falcon Built from Mega Bloks
I built this model of the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars out of Mega Bloks in under 6 hours.*gasps of awe*
*wild applause*
Thank yew, thank yew verra much.
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